WordPress default roles and capabilities

The table is current as of 16 July 2023, WordPress 6.2.

See the populate_roles() function.

Capability	Administrator	Editor	Author	Contributor	Subscriber
read	+	+	+	+	+
delete_posts	+	+	+	+
edit_posts	+	+	+	+
delete_published_posts	+	+	+
edit_published_posts	+	+	+
publish_posts	+	+	+
upload_files	+	+	+
delete_others_pages	+	+
delete_others_posts	+	+
delete_pages	+	+
delete_private_pages	+	+
delete_private_posts	+	+
delete_published_pages	+	+
edit_others_pages	+	+
edit_others_posts	+	+
edit_pages	+	+
edit_private_pages	+	+
edit_private_posts	+	+
edit_published_pages	+	+
manage_categories	+	+
manage_links	+	+
moderate_comments	+	+
publish_pages	+	+
read_private_pages	+	+
read_private_posts	+	+
unfiltered_html	+	+
activate_plugins	+
create_users	+
delete_plugins	+
delete_themes	+
delete_users	+
edit_dashboard	+
edit_files	+
edit_plugins	+
edit_theme_options	+
edit_themes	+
edit_users	+
export	+
import	+
install_plugins	+
install_themes	+
list_users	+
manage_options	+
promote_users	+
remove_users	+
switch_themes	+
unfiltered_upload	+
update_core	+
update_plugins	+
update_themes	+